Improvement in marine drag



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JOHNFAUNCE, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Laim Para: 1v 100,021, daan February 22, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN MARINE DRAG.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesama.

i To all whoml 'it may concern:

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Figure 3 represents a back view of the same. Figures 4 and 5 representvdetached sectional views of portions of thedrag.. Y

Figure (i represents 4an edge view of the drug' when hinged and foldedfor stowage.

`Figure 7 represents a iiat view of the drag as folded. Figure 8represents an illustration of the application and ei'ect otl the dragwhen in actual use.

Similar letters of reference, where they occur in the several separate`figures, 'denote likeparts in all of the A and in which it may be -heldby yarns passing through drawings.

l am awa-re that several forms of marine drags have been essayedfbutwhich, from some defect in4 their construction, .have failed to go intopublic use.

In a contrivance ofany kind that is only called into use in an emergencyat seafand at long intervals, and which, when not required for suchsudden emergencies, is stowed away, it is absolutely necessary that allits appliances to put it into instantaneous use should he vsoy connectedwith, attached to, or made a partoi' the instrument itself, as thatnopart can get separated from it, and require to be looked up when thecontrivance is to he pnt intdl immediate'use and action.

For this purpose I have so constructed, combined, and arranged theseveral appliances oi' the drag, as that they necessarily accompany eachother; and the iiistrument maybe thus put into working order at anioinents notice. vAnd this construction, combination, and arrangementof the drag and its operative appliances,.as will be hereinafterdescribed, constitutes the essence oi' my invention.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe the same with reference lto the drawings.

A is a disk, which, for the sake of lightness for easy` handling, andstrength to resist the strains upon it, I make of wood, suitably boltedtogether, and bound by a circular rim ot' iron, a, let into the Woodupon the rear side thereof, and' which 'rimserves as a bearingplate forthe toggles b, that are pivoted to the guyrods BB, 85e., as at c.

The. guy-rods B, of which there may be any suitatle Figure 2 representsan edge or. side view thereof;

- number, are linked to a ring, d, so as to adj ust themselves thereon;and to this ring the line or cableve is also attached which holds ori'astens the drag at or near the bow of the vessel, as lshown at lig. S,to cause the vessel to come up with its head to the windand thusprevent'it from drifting into the trough cf the sea.

- For the purpose of readily attaching the-guys B to the disk A, holes,j, are made through the disk and through the rim or bearing-plates c onthe back of the disk, through which one of the guys and its toggle, asshown in lig. 4, is passed in the position therein shown,

and when so passed `through and the toggle let go, it-

swings on its pivot and stands across the hoie or opening, as seen intig. 5, and thus holds the guy and disk together'. The several otherguys and toggles are simv ilarly united at the several other holes oropenings, so I as to distribute as evenly as possible the strain uponthe disk and guys, and sustain it in an edgewise vposition in'tnewater..

In the edge of the disk a groove, g, may be made, l

into which a rope or cushion of any kind maybe laid,

the holes t i, 85e., and around said rope or cushion.

rlhis is designed for preventing the drag from being.

injured or the vessel chafe'd by their being thrown against each other.

For the purpose of stowage the disk may be made inset-tieni, and 'hingedtogether as at jj, so thatit may be folded up. and thus occupy lessspace.` The holes through th wood, to prevent cutting, chafing,

vor wearing, may be lined and capped with metal; and ii' foundnecessary, collars may be made upon the guys, l

above the toggles, to'prevent them or the. disk from too much mot-ion,one upon or through the other. By this construction and arrangen'ient ofparts the drag may be shipped and unshipped at a moments not-ice, andconveniently stowed away for subseqnqnt emergencies, all its necessaryappliances being so connect-ed together as to prevent any of them frombeing misplaced, lost, or disarranged.

Having thus fully described myinvention, and shown lhow it is operated,

.What I claim therein as new and desire to secure by Let-ters Patent,is-

ln' a marine drag the combinationgofy the guys and their toggles withthe disk and its openings, for the ready connecting and 'disconnectingof said guys and disk, the whole' being arranged to operatesnbstantiallyas and tor the purpose set forth.

JOHN yIELAILINGE. AWitnesses: f

NB. Dnvnnnux, `A.; B. SToUGHuoN.

